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[-] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Aight that was fun. Love the gimmick

I'd give you more praise but

I don't want to beat a dead horse. Or three of them

[-] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

My first chess puzzle, fun!

My solution

a8=N d3 2. Nb6 cxb6 3. c7 b5 4. c8=N b4 5. Nd6 exd6 6. e7 d5 7. e8=N d4 8. Nf6 gxf6 9. g7 f5 10. g8=N#

[-] bravesentry@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

All I can see is stalemates, as black has only one more legal move. am i missing something?

[-] mrjive@mastodon.uno 3 points 1 week ago

@bravesentry @chessmate
... black has only one legal move left... unless you give him the chance to get another one (and another, ....)

[-] byggvir@nrw.social 2 points 1 week ago

Underpromote and sacrifice pawns.

[-] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Very nice forced sequence. Many dead horses. :(

[-] hitstun@feddit.online 2 points 1 week ago

OK, I like that one. At first, I thought we had to underpromote to rook and then castle somehow, but this isn't !AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz .

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We underpromote to knight instead.

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